Book review of THE PCOS PLAN by Nadia Brito Pateguana, ND and Jason Fung, MD. Looks at symptoms of insulin resistance in females and the most effective treatments for PCOS, weight gain, infertility, and unwanted hair growth.

Reviewed by Steve Goldring, R.Ph., The Hormone Pharmacist

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00:00 Welcome
0:42 Intro to Nadia Pateguana, ND and Jason Fung, MD
1:45 Polycystic Ovary Syndrome symptoms
1:43 PCOS health risks
2:12 The worldwide "Diabesity epidemic" (diabetes and obesity)
2:17 US Dietary Guidelines and diabesity
2:30 PCOS and weight gain result from sugar and carbohydrates
2:40 High carbohydrate, low-fat diets and snacking
2:57 Epidemic of insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes
3:15 Insulin resistance in females is the same underlying cause as the diabesity epidemic
3:21 Root problem in PCOS
3:39 1976 case study 13-year-old female with extreme insulin resistant girl who develops PCOS symptoms
4:17 Insulin resistance explanation
4:41 Insulin resistance causes hyperinsulinemia
5:00 Excess testosterone causes infertility and masculinization
5:36 Why insulin resistance starts
5:47 Lock and (broken) key paradigm of insulin resistance
6:04 Dr. Jason Fung's insulin resistance paradigm
6:50 Chronically elevated blood glucose and insulin levels and insulin r
6:59 PCOS treatments that don't solve the root issue
7:46 The only real solution to PCOS
7:54 Fung and Pateguana's recommended PCOS treatments reduce insulin resistance
8:12 PCOS diet recommendations
8:45 Intermittent fasting for PCOS and insulin resistance
9:00 Book recommendation

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References:
Diabetes trends https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/library/reports/reportcard/incidence-2017.html

13-year-old extremely insulin resistant female with symptoms of PCOS
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM197604012941401

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